I attended a funeral recently for a friend of mine. This friend grew from a customer and business colleague (with an awesome perspective) to a person that drove many collective adventures with me. Adventures that were primarily business focused; although sometimes they did include socializing at conferences, attending minor league baseball games, and/or taking a day off for bourbon tours ...

Over the years, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly from many SAM solutions. Using the lessons I’ve learned as a guide, I’d like to help you identify the best solution for your enterprise SAM needs – and avoid unnecessary mistakes along the way. 1. Identify your executive sponsor. As an asset or software asset manager, sometimes we ...

By Bill Talbot, Hewlett Packard Software ITAK V7 I10 In my vast experience, I have seen many ITAM initiatives either stall or fail.  Even when traveling to clients around the globe, I found similar results based on the initiative losing momentum because the team members were unaware of “what to do.”   As they reached out to me for help, I ...